Simon Davies: Britain Year List 2019 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 239 of 239 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 9 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 11 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 12 Garganey Spatula querquedula 13 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 15 Wigeon Mareca penelope 16 American Wigeon Mareca americana 20/01/2019 Tain 17 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 18 Pintail Anas acuta 19 Teal Anas crecca 20 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 21 Pochard Aythya ferina 22 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 23 Scaup Aythya marila 24 Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri Yes 09/11/2019 Papa Westray 25 Eider Somateria mollissima 26 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 27 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 28 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 29 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 30 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 31 Smew Mergellus albellus 32 Goosander Mergus merganser 33 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 34 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 35 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 36 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 37 Quail Coturnix coturnix 38 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 39 Swift Apus apus 40 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 41 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 42 Stock Dove Columba oenas 43 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 44 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 45 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 46 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Yes 29/04/2019 North Ronaldsay 47 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 48 Corncrake Crex crex 49 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 50 Coot Fulica atra 51 Crane Grus grus 07/06/2019 North Ronaldsay 52 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 53 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 54 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 55 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 56 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 57 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 58 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 59 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 60 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 61 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 62 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 63 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 64 Curlew Numenius arquata 65 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 66 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 67 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 68 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 69 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 70 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 71 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 72 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 73 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 74 Redshank Tringa totanus 75 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 76 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 77 Knot Calidris canutus 78 Ruff Calidris pugnax 79 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 80 Sanderling Calidris alba 81 Dunlin Calidris alpina 82 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 83 Little Stint Calidris minuta 84 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 85 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 86 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 87 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 88 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 89 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 90 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 91 Common Gull Larus canus 92 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 93 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 94 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 95 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 96 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 97 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 98 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 99 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 100 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 101 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 102 Puffin Fratercula arctica 103 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 104 Razorbill Alca torda 105 Little Auk Alle alle 106 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 107 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 108 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 109 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 110 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 22/01/2019 North Ronaldsay 111 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 112 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 113 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 114 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 115 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 116 Gannet Morus bassanus 117 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 118 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 119 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 120 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 121 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 122 Great White Egret Ardea alba 123 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 124 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 125 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 126 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 127 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 128 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 129 Red Kite Milvus milvus 130 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 131 Buzzard Buteo buteo 132 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 133 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 134 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 135 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 136 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 137 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 138 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 139 Merlin Falco columbarius 140 Hobby Falco subbuteo 141 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 142 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 06/10/2019 North Ronaldsay 143 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 06/06/2019 North Ronaldsay 144 Jay Garrulus glandarius 145 Magpie Pica pica 146 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 147 Rook Corvus frugilegus 148 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 149 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 150 Raven Corvus corax 151 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 152 Coal Tit Periparus ater 153 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 154 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 155 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 156 Great Tit Parus major 157 Skylark Alauda arvensis 158 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 159 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 160 Swallow Hirundo rustica 161 House Martin Delichon urbicum 162 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 163 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 164 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 165 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 166 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 167 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 168 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 27/08/2019 North Ronaldsay 169 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 170 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 171 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 07/06/2019 North Ronaldsay 172 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 25/08/2019 North Ronaldsay 173 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 20/05/2019 North Ronaldsay 174 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 11/05/2019 North Ronaldsay 175 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 176 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 177 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 178 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 179 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 180 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 24/08/2019 North Ronaldsay 181 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 17/05/2019 North Ronaldsay 182 Whitethroat Curruca communis 183 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 184 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 185 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 186 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 187 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 188 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 03/06/2019 North Ronaldsay 189 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 190 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 191 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 192 Redwing Turdus iliacus 193 Blackbird Turdus merula 194 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 195 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 196 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 197 Robin Erithacus rubecula 198 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 18/04/2019 North Ronaldsay 199 Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope Yes 06/11/2019 North Ronaldsay 200 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 22/09/2019 North Ronaldsay 201 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 202 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 12/05/2019 North Ronaldsay 203 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 24/05/2019 North Ronaldsay 204 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 205 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 206 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius Yes 10/11/2019 Lamb Holm 207 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 208 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 209 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 210 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 211 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 212 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 213 Dunnock Prunella modularis 214 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 215 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 216 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 217 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 218 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 219 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 220 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 221 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 222 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 223 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 224 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 21/05/2019 North Ronaldsay 225 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 226 Twite Linaria flavirostris 227 Linnet Linaria cannabina 228 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 229 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 230 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 30/09/2019 North Ronaldsay 231 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 232 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 18/07/2019 North Ronaldsay 233 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 234 Siskin Spinus spinus 235 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 236 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 237 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 238 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 12/09/2019 North Ronaldsay 239 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus